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TO ME......IN TH E BUSINESS WORLD HERE IS LITTLE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BRILLIANCE AND RELIABILITY..IF THE GUY MILKIN G TH E COW DOES NOT GET THERE ON TIME EVERY DAY 365 DAYS A YEAR.. THEN MR ( OR MS NOW THANKFULLY) BIG SHOT WOULD NOT HAVE ANY CREAM IN THEIR COFFEE THUS RENDERING MANY OF THEM USELESS WITHOUT COFFEE.
WHERE THAT BECOMES AN ISSUE IS.. HOW EASY IS IT TO REPLACE XXXXX ESPECIALLY IF A SYSTEM I S IN PLACE.... RELIABILITY GOES UP A NOTCH. WITH COV... BOY ARE WE COV AT HOME TYPES NOTCHED UP !!
100 YEARS AGO.. I WORKED FOR "THE WANT Ad" THE PRINTED VERSION OF EBAY--- THERE WERE 2 PARTS TO THIS STORY. I HAD TO SET UP MAGAZINE DELIVERY ROUTES NORTH OF THE CHARLES RIVER.. ONCE SET UP.. I WOULD HIRE SOMEONE ELSE TO TAKE IT OVER AND GO ON TO ANOTHER AREA. BEING A GARRULOUS FREE ROAMING TYPE I WOULD WANDER AROUNG TALKING TO CONVENIENT STORES INTO CARRYING THE WANT AD-- THEN SET SOMEONE ELSE IN TO DO THE WEEKLY COLLECTING ALL THE "RETURNS" AND MONEY FROM THE "DELIVERY PERSONS" -- AT THIS TIME I WAS ALSO INTO 4H KIDS AND HORSES ETC... AND I QUICKLY FOUND THAT THE LESSONS OF 4H HAD A TREMENDOUS EFFECT ON PERFORMANCE.. .. KIDS AND PARENTS OF 4H KNEW WHAT RESPONSIBILITY MEANT.... IT DID NOT MEAN YOU COULD NOT FEED YOUR HORSE IF YOUR NOSE WAS RUNNING OR A PARTY WAS BREWING. THEIR RELIABILBTY MADE MY RELIABILITY MUCH EASIER BECAUSE MY JOPB WAS TO MAKE SURE THE MAGAZINES GOT OUT. THE MAIN OFF ICE COULD NOT BELIEVE HOW RELAIBLY MAGAZINES GOT DELIVERED NORTH OF BOSTON.... AND MY 4H SOLUTION GOT POO POOED FOR YEARS.... ALWAYS RESORTING TO THE SOLUTIONS POSED BY THE ACCOUNTING BLUE SUITED- POLISHED SHOES. WHO I AM SURE STUDIED THE PROBLEM AT HARVARD. HERE WE ARE 30 YEARS LATER AND SOMEONE IS DEAD SERIOUS ABOUT KIDS AND ANIMALS..AND RELAIBLILTY OF STOCKING STORE SHELVES OR PICKING UP OUR TRASH.-----------COUPLED WITH “WHAT DOES COMMUTE MEAN????
SO BACK TO MY “JOB” AT THE WANT AD.... I DID NOT HAVE TO GO TO THE OFFICE MUCH... MAYBE ONCE A YEAR... IF THAT .. OVER 30 YEARS... I HAD GONE FROM MY FIRST DELIVERY OF WANT ADS—ONE BOX IN THE BACK OF A VW BUG... TO A HUGE TRAILER WHICH WAS UNLOADED IN WHAT IS NOW THE LAUNDRY BUILDING.. BUT I WAS ALWAYS “THERE” ON THE PHONE TO DEAL WITH ANYTHING NORTH OF THE CHARLES RIVER.
BROWN PAPER BAGS OF CASH AND CHARGE SLIPS LEFT ALL OVER WHERE PEOPLE WOULD KNOW I WOULD FIND THEM – LIKE IN THE GRAIN BIN WHEN I / OR MY KIDS WENT TO FEED EVERY MORNING AND NIGHT.,-- THIS IS WHY I KNOW A GALLON OF PENNIES IS $60.. AND IT IS WHY I RARELY GET LOST NORTH OF BOSTON...AND I HAVE THE LISTS OF 4500 STORES TODAY IN MY MAIL CALL DRAWER..... I COULD SHOW IT IF REMINDED...
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WHICH REMINDS ME OF 2 STORIES...SOME OF YOU MAY HAVE HEARD BEFORE... I WAS COVERING THE LOWELL ROUTE BECAUSE OF A BAD SNOW STORM.
I WENT INTO TEH "ONE DAY" VARIETY STORE AND FOUND IT LOADED WITH KIDS-- THERE WAS NO SCHOOL SO THEY WERE ALL IN THERE WANTING THE PINK CANDY ON THE TOP OR GREEN ONE ON THE BOTTOM. I HAD TO WAIT FOR HIM TO PAY ME FOR BOOKS SOLD... SO WHEN I GOT TO THE REG I SAID " GEE YOU ARE AWFULLY NICE TO THESE KIDS" HE REPLIED " WHY SHOULDN'T I BE... MAYBE HALF OF THEM ARE MINE.:"
A MILE AWAY.. IN A STORE WHERE MOSTLY MEN WENT TO GET THE NEWSPAPER AND CIGARETTES BEFORE GOING HOME TO SUPPER.... THERE WAS A LONG LINE AT TEH REG... THE BOY AT TEH REG WAS OBVIOULSY "CHALLANGED" AND TEH CASH DRAWER WAS HANGING OPEN-- PEOPLE WER REACHING IN AND OUT.. SUDDENTLY THE GUY BEHIND ME GRABBED THE COLLAR OF A MAN ABOUT TO GO OUT THE DOOR AND SLAMMED HIM TO THE GROUND SAYING " IN THIS STORE YOU TAKE THE RIGHT CHANGE" --
